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Originally Posted by Vinny

Anterior Hip Replacement: An Overview - HSS.edu - Hospital for Special Surgery

Florida Musculoskeletal Institute | Total Joint Replacement, Orthopaedics and Podiatry in Central Florida

Dr. John Cowin. It is called Anterior Hip replacement, but you have to be a good candidate for it. Look it up on the internet. It requires a lot of extra training and specialized equipment so a lot of doctors do not want to learn how to do I since they have success with their old method. However, the patient does better with the new method and that is what counts to us. As we were told by the Physical Therapist yesterday, with the procedure my wife had, there is very little risk of her hip dislocating. In fact, she can put full weight on it and will probably be leaving her walker and put on a cane, next week. She is already getting around very well with little pain, more of a tightness in her muscles more than pain. She is her old chipper self and doing very well.

Today is one week after her surgery and she is making her own light meals, under my supervision and sous chef duties, washing herself and walking around with her walker with no problem. She is back to her old self and making progress every day.

Excellent! How great for you wife. Thanks for sharing the doctor's name, Vinny.